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AP U.S history exam 2012? any tips?

• Soo, it's coming up real soon! Can some one please share some tips for the AP united states history exam? Like, can anyone recommend some MUST know information for the exam? I've been studying well throughout the year, I hope I will do fine but having an idea of some MUST know information would be nice(even though I probably know most of it..). What are some key/main topics that I should focus on? And I'm really curious what this year's essay topics will be about... Thank you!

• Answer:

  There are some main themes listed on the course description page of the APUSH test: American Diversity, American Identity, Culture, Demographic Changes, Economic Transformations, Environment, Globalization, Politics and Citizenship, Reform, Religion, Slavery, and War and Diplomacy. These are all big-picture ideas mind you, but understanding the parts of U.S. history that don't have just one date or just one person or just one idea behind them (ex. industrialization) is just as important as understanding the parts which do (ex. Civil War). You should try to know all of the major wars, most of the presidents and at least something significant about them, major social or political organizations, keep track of the party system in the U.S. which gets very confusing at times, and know major clumps of history (ex. American Revolution, Civil War, WWI / WWII / Great Depression, Cold War). You can find a lot on the test's composition if you're willing to look through the course description PDF: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap-us-history-course-description.pdf